Pick five companies you are interested in investing in and prepare a wiki page that will include all of your companies.Your page name should be your first name and last initial. Please separate each company by using the "Insert Horizontal Rule" button on the editing toolbar. Your five companies must be different then everyone else. We will pick companies in class using a systematic method. The information that you need is below. For grading purposes each company should be set up the same way, see McDonald's example below. Be sure to have headings with bold font.
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List of companies on the DOW Click Here
List of companies on the S&P 500 Click Here
Information that needs to be included for each company:
Company Name (linked URL)
Logo
Current Stock Price/Graph (embed graph into Wiki page)
Stock symbol
Market it is Traded on (NYSE/NASDAQ)
Company press releases (RSS feed of Press Releases from Company)
News about the Company (RSS feed about the company, but not released by the company)
Sector and Industry the Company is in
What they produce
Current P/E ratio and P/E ratio of 3 of their competitors with links to their yahoo finance page
Dividend Information
52 Week High/low
Your recommendation on buying this stock (look at all the information you gathered, read the current news, look at stock analyst reports on Google finance and Yahoo finance) Is this a buy now stock? why or why not?
Grading:
20 points for each company that has all information above with labels for each category (see McDonalds example)
18 points for each company that is only missing 1 piece of information and has labels for each category
16 points for each company that is missing 2 items and has labels for each category
14 points for each company that is missing 3 items and/or items are not labeled
12 points for each company that is missing 4 items
10 points for each company that is missing 5 items
8 points for each company that is missing 6 items
6 points for each company that is missing 7 items
4 points for each company that is missing 8 items
2 points for each company that is missing 9 items
0 points for each company that is missing more then 9 items
Great Resources to use:
wikinvest.com
Stockcharts.com
BigCharts.com
NASDAQ
Dow Jones
NYSE
Yahoo Finance
Hoovers
CNN Money
McDonald's slump no easy fix: expertsYesterday[AAP] - McDonald's probably won't be sorry to see 2014 come to a close. McDonald's itself, under the leadership of chief executive Don Thompson since July 2012, knows it has work to do. "There is no one silver bullet or single solution for driving...
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McDonald's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide food service retailer. It franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Pick five companies you are interested in investing in and prepare a wiki page that will include all of your companies.Your page name should be your first name and last initial. Please separate each company by using the "Insert Horizontal Rule" button on the editing toolbar. Your five companies must be different then everyone else. We will pick companies in class using a systematic method. The information that you need is below. For grading purposes each company should be set up the same way, see McDonald's example below. Be sure to have headings with bold font.
Site to find companies on the NYSE Click Here
List of companies on the DOW Click Here
List of companies on the S&P 500 Click Here
Information that needs to be included for each company:
Grading:
20 points for each company that has all information above with labels for each category (see McDonalds example)
18 points for each company that is only missing 1 piece of information and has labels for each category
16 points for each company that is missing 2 items and has labels for each category
14 points for each company that is missing 3 items and/or items are not labeled
12 points for each company that is missing 4 items
10 points for each company that is missing 5 items
8 points for each company that is missing 6 items
6 points for each company that is missing 7 items
4 points for each company that is missing 8 items
2 points for each company that is missing 9 items
0 points for each company that is missing more then 9 items
Great Resources to use:
wikinvest.com
Stockcharts.com
BigCharts.com
NASDAQ
Dow Jones
NYSE
Yahoo Finance
Hoovers
CNN Money
Helpful Video:
RSS Feeds:
McDonalds
Image borrowed from website
Stock Graph:
Link to Google Finance McDonald's Stock Graph
Stock symbol:
MCDStock Exchange:
NYSERSS Feeds from company:
McDonald's Corporation News Release - Corporate Press Releases
RSS Feeds from other sources:
Yahoo! Finance: MCD NewsSector and Industry:
Sector: Cyclical Consumer Goods & Services > Industry: Quick Service RestaurantsWhat they produce:
Copied from Yahoo FinanceMcDonald's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide food service retailer. It franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
McDonalds 17.18Yum! Brands, Inc. 20.66
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 14.42
Wendy's International, Inc.29.48
Dividend Information:
Div & Yield: .85 (3.59%)52 Week High/Low:
90.53 - 103.78Competitors:
Yum! Brands, Inc.Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Wendy's International, Inc.
My Recommendation:
This is where I want you to research your stock by doing the following:
- Read current news from company and other sources
- Look at P/E ratio compared to competitors
- Look at stock chart
- Current price compared to 52 week high/low
- Stock analyst reports
Then give me your recommendation explaining the items listed aboveCompany #